I am a computer math student studying in 11th..do I need biology as a subject to take biotechnology subject in a college..I am preparing for jee mains

Hi

No, there's no requirement of biotechnology /biology  for doing btech biotechnology.

Being a PCM student, you are eligible for btech biotechnology.

Some of the top nits for B tech in biotechnology along with their jee main 2020 cutoff for general category under other state is provided below :-

NIT Calicut:-36408

NIT Jalandhar:-43084

MNNIT Allahabad:-33790

For cut off details refer:-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nits-cutoff-for-btech-biotechnology

To help you further,

Jee main eligibility criteria is given below-

--------) Qualification required :- to be eligible  for JEE mains you need 10+2/equivalent qualification.

--------) Passing year :- one is eligible for JEE main examination for consecutive three years starting from the year of appearing for 12th /equivalent examination

--------) There is no age limit to be eligible

--------) there is no minimum percentage requirement to be eligible for JEE Main.

But yes,

To be eligible for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs one needs at least 75% marks in class 12th if belongs to General or OBC category  or at least 65% marks in class 12th if belongs to Sc or St category. For this year i. e 2021 this minimum percentage requirement of 75% - 65 % has been lifted off.

For detailed information about jee main eligibility criteria  go through our page, the link for which is provided below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria

Thank you